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Novel plastic can be broken down and recycled again and again
Unlike conventional plastics, the monomers of PDK plastic can be recovered and freed from any compounded additives simply by dunking the material in a highly acidic solution. Image: Peter Christensen et al./Berkeley Lab.
Light yet sturdy, plastic is great – until you no longer need it. Because plastics contain various additives, like dyes, fillers or flame retardants, very few plastics can be recycled without loss in performance or aesthetics. Even the most recyclable plastic, polyethylene terephthalate (PET), is only recycled at a rate of 20–30%, with the remainder typically going to incinerators or landfills, where the carbon-rich material takes centuries to decompose.
Now, a team of researchers at the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) has designed a recyclable plastic that, like a Lego playset, can be disassembled into its constituent parts at the molecular level. It can then be reassembled into a different shape, texture and color again and again without any loss of performance or quality. The researchers report the new material, called poly(diketoenamine) (PDK), in a paper in Nature Chemistry.
"Most plastics were never made to be recycled," said lead author Peter Christensen, a postdoctoral researcher at Berkeley Lab's Molecular Foundry. "But we have discovered a new way to assemble plastics that takes recycling into consideration from a molecular perspective."
Christensen was part of a multidisciplinary team led by Brett Helms, a staff scientist in Berkeley Lab's Molecular Foundry. The other co-authors are undergraduate researchers Angelique Scheuermann (then of UC Berkeley) and Kathryn Loeffler (then of the University of Texas at Austin).
All plastics, from water bottles to automobile parts, are made up of large molecules called polymers, which are composed of repeating units of shorter carbon-containing compounds called monomers. According to the researchers, the problem with many plastics is that the chemicals added to make them useful – such as fillers that make a plastic tough or plasticizers that make a plastic flexible – are tightly bound to the monomers and stay in the plastic even after it's been processed at a recycling plant.
During processing at such plants, plastics with different chemical compositions – hard plastics, stretchy plastics, clear plastics, candy-colored plastics – are mixed together and ground into bits. When that hodgepodge of chopped-up plastics is melted to make a new material, it's hard to predict what properties it will inherit from the original plastics.
This inheritance of unknown, and therefore unpredictable, properties has prevented plastic from becoming a 'circular' material whose original monomers can be recovered for reuse for as long as possible, or even 'upcycled' to make a new, higher quality product.
So, when a reusable shopping bag made with recycled plastic gets threadbare with wear and tear, it can't be upcycled or even recycled to make a new product. And once the bag has reached the end of its life, it's either incinerated to make heat, electricity or fuel, or ends up in a landfill, Helms said.
"Circular plastics and plastics upcycling are grand challenges," he continued. "We've already seen the impact of plastic waste leaking into our aquatic ecosystems, and this trend is likely to be exacerbated by the increasing amounts of plastics being manufactured and the downstream pressure it places on our municipal recycling infrastructure."
The researchers want to divert plastics from landfills and the oceans by incentivizing the recovery and reuse of plastics, which could be possible with plastics made from PDKs. "With PDKs, the immutable bonds of conventional plastics are replaced with reversible bonds that allow the plastic to be recycled more effectively," Helms said.
Unlike conventional plastics, the monomers of PDK plastic could be recovered and freed from any compounded additives simply by dunking the material in a highly acidic solution. The acid helps to break the bonds between the monomers and separate them from the chemical additives that give plastic its look and feel.
"We're interested in the chemistry that redirects plastic lifecycles from linear to circular," said Helms. "We see an opportunity to make a difference for where there are no recycling options." That includes adhesives, phone cases, watch bands, shoes, computer cables and hard thermosets that are created by molding hot plastic material.
The researchers first discovered the exciting circular property of PDK-based plastics when Christensen was applying various acids to glassware used to make PDK adhesives, and noticed that the adhesive's composition had changed. Curious as to how the adhesive might have been transformed, Christensen analyzed the sample's molecular structure with an NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance) spectroscopy instrument. "To our surprise, they were the original monomers," Helms said.
After testing various formulations at the Molecular Foundry, the researchers demonstrated that not only does acid break down PDK polymers into monomers, but the process also allows the monomers to be separated from entwined additives.
Next, they proved that the recovered PDK monomers can be remade into polymers, and those recycled polymers can form new plastic materials without inheriting the color or other features of the original material. This means the broken black watchband you tossed in the trash could find new life as a computer keyboard if it's made with PDK plastic. The plastic could also be upcycled by adding additional features, such as flexibility.
The researchers believe that their new recyclable plastic could be a good alternative to many nonrecyclable plastics in use today.
"We're at a critical point where we need to think about the infrastructure needed to modernize recycling facilities for future waste sorting and processing," said Helms. "If these facilities were designed to recycle or upcycle PDK and related plastics, then we would be able to more effectively divert plastic from landfills and the oceans. This is an exciting time to start thinking about how to design both materials and recycling facilities to enable circular plastics."
The researchers next plan to develop PDK plastics with a wide range of thermal and mechanical properties for applications as diverse as textiles, 3D printing and foams. In addition, they are looking to expand the formulations by incorporating plant-based materials and other sustainable feedstocks.
This story is adapted from material from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, with editorial changes made by Materials Today. The views expressed in this article do not necessarily represent those of Elsevier. Link to original source.
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TROY, Mich., Feb. 21, 2014 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM), the nation's largest wholesale lender, announced that it developed and launched a proprietary mobile application for its broker community. The application arms brokers with robust functionality and easy access to loan information while in the field.
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Feb 5, 2014 7:01 AM EDT
TROY, Mich., Feb. 5, 2014 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM), the nation's largest wholesale lender, today announced that it rolled out UWM Track, which assists brokers in providing current status on loans to REALTORS(R). The efficiency and visibility the solution offers eliminates communication issues and facilitates the broker's ability to forge stronger relationships with REALTORS(R), thus increasing business.
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Dec 27, 2013 7:59 AM EDT
TROY, Mich., Dec. 27, 2013 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM), one of the nation's fastest growing wholesale lenders, has become the number one wholesale lender in the country in origination volume as ranked by Mortgagestats for Q3 2013. UWM has been growing at a rapid rate over the past several years and has now achieved the top slot for the first time ever.
United Wholesale Mortgage Launches New Flex Term Program, Allowing Borrowers to Select the Amortization Term
TROY, Mich., Dec. 17, 2013 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM), one of the largest wholesale mortgage lenders in the nation, announced that it has designed a new program that provides originators with the option for borrowers to select the amortization term that works best for their financial situation.
United Wholesale Mortgage and its Parent Company USFS Receive Multiple Awards for Being the Best Place to Work
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United Wholesale Mortgage Named a Top 25 Tech-Savvy Lender for Third Year in a Row
TROY, Mich., Aug. 27, 2013 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM), a leading wholesale lender licensed in all 50 states, announced that Mortgage Technology magazine named the company to its Top 25 Tech-Savvy Lenders and Servicers list for the third year in a row. UWM says its technology is a key component to it being one of the fastest growing, most service-oriented wholesale lenders in the country.
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TROY, Mich., July 25, 2013 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) announced that it has made available a free service designed to generate more business for its brokers. The service, dubbed UWM Connect, monitors borrower credit pulls for activity to funnel potential leads back to brokers that have previously completed deals with them.
United Wholesale Mortgage Introduces Escrow Advantage Program for Brokers
Jul 2, 2013 5:29 PM EDT
TROY, Mich., July 2, 2013 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM), the fourth largest wholesale mortgage lender in the nation, announced that it rolled out a new program that gives brokers the option to waive escrows up to 90 percent LTV, with no M.I., on all conventional products in all states.
United Wholesale Mortgage Rolls Out Marketing Program for Brokers
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Nov 27, 2012 6:56 AM EDT
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United Wholesale Mortgage Introduces 'ELITE' Program for Brokers
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United Wholesale Mortgage Expands Product Profile to Include USDA Loans
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United Wholesale Mortgage Rolls Out HARP 2.0 Unlimited LTV/CLTV Implementation with DU(R)
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United Wholesale Mortgage Experiences Explosive Growth and Product Expansion
BIRMINGHAM, Mich., Jan. 17, 2012 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM), a national wholesale mortgage lender operating in 47 states, announced that in 2011 it significantly expanded its business in all functional areas, hired top executives, increased its workforce, implemented new technology and launched several new products. UWM plans to continue with its aggressive growth strategy as they remain focused on originating high quality loans in excess of $3.5 billion in 2012 and upwards of $8 billion by 2014.
United Wholesale Mortgage Implements HARP 2.0
BIRMINGHAM, Mich., Dec. 20, 2011 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM), a national wholesale mortgage lender operating in 47 states, announced today that it has successfully implemented the government's enhancements to the Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP 2.0) that went into effect December 1, 2011.
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United Wholesale Mortgage Launches 'Easy Qualifier' Solution for Brokers
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BIRMINGHAM, Mich. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM), a national wholesale mortgage lender operating in 47 states, announced that they earned a spot on Mortgage Technology magazine's 2011 Top 25 Tech-Savvy Lenders list for the first time. UWM built its own proprietary technology, which in part helped the company to become one of the largest wholesale lenders.
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Alex Stout, a fourth-year computer science student, is running for UW-Eau Claire student body president, alongside vice presidential candidate, Montana Piper-Thomas, a third-year business economics student.
Stout said he's been involved with Student Senate for a total of eight semesters, occupying many positions through the years. He is currently the Information Technology Commission director. Some positions he has previously held include campus affairs, finance commission and information technology commission member, he said.
Piper-Thomas said she has been involved with Student Senate for three semesters, taking part in finance commission, student wages committee and being a student senator.
Alex Stout (left) and Montana Piper-Thomas (right).
Stout said he and Piper-Thomas were both on the same page in terms of listening.
Stout said their campaign slogan is "breaking down barriers." He and Piper-Thomas have realized Student Senate can seem like it's in its own bubble sometimes, he said.
Stout said the problem has been recognized in the past but hasn't been completely solved. He wants to make an effort to get out there and get involved, he said.
With the voting beginning this week and going until Wednesday, Stout said it's stressful, but, overall, he said he likes seeing the student engagement.
Charlie Johnson, a third-year political science and integrated strategic communications student, is running for student body president, alongside vice presidential candidate, Anna Ziebell, a second-year political science and social diversity student.
Johnson, who has participated in Student Senate for six semesters, said he currently holds the position as director of the intergovernmental affairs commission.
Ziebell said this is her fourth semester on Student Senate. She is currently an off-campus senator, as well as the Equity in Student Matters Commission director.
Charlie Johnson (left) and Anna Ziebell (right).
"We feel we can give the voice to the student body," Johnson said.
With both his and Ziebell's background outside and within Student Senate, Johnson said they feel they can bring wide viewpoints to the university.
Johnson said when they are talking about students of the future, they could be referring to two weeks or even three years from now — comprising building projects or building connections within the student body.
Being able to reach out and connect with other students, particularly students running on their ticket, is one of the things he enjoys most about the campaigning process, he said.
Ziebell said their ticket consists of 27 students running underneath them, with 11 on-campus senators and 16 off-campus senators.
She said she enjoys sharing how passionate her and Johnson for the university and the excitement of meeting and talking with students, she said.
McKenna Dirks is a first-year journalism student. She loves tea and cats. You'll often find her hammocking in the trees or in Haas practicing the violin and trying to learn piano.


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Elizabeth May Nichols, MD Assistant Professor, Clinical Director University of Maryland School of Medicine, Department of Radiation Oncology Baltimore, MD
Tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) therapy falls into the broader category of adoptive cellular therapy (ACT) and has been shown to be effective in certain cancers, namely melanoma. ACT is being widely researched in numerous malignancies, but perhaps the most famous success story thus far is CAR-T cell therapy or chimeric antigen receptor therapy in the use of hematologic malignancies.
In May 2019, a TIL therapy for cervical cancer received a breakthrough therapy and fast track designation from the FDA. This therapy, called LN-145, was evaluated in a phase II trial of 27 patients with advanced cervical cancer who had failed at least one line of chemotherapy. Patients underwent tumor harvesting followed by cultivation of T cells after stimulation with IL-2. The TILs (LN-145) were then infused back into the patient 1 week following a conditioning regimen of lympho-depletion. Patients also received six additional doses of IL-2. At a median follow up of 3.5 months, the objective response rate was 44% in a population of patients that typically have a 4-14% response rate. Of these patients, one had a complete response and the disease control rate was 89%. The toxicity profile of LN-145 was mostly associated with the conditioning regimen and IL-2 infusions thereafter.
Stevanovic and colleagues published another study looking at TIL therapy in HPV-associated cancers. The trial was a phase II study of cervical and non-cervical HPV-associated cancers where patient tumors were harvested and T cells were expanded using IL-2. Patients then underwent infusion of TILS following a similar conditioning regimen followed by aldeskleukin. Twenty-eight percent of patients were found to have a response based on RECIST criteria, two of whom had durable responses at 53 and 67 months following treatment.
These results are very promising for a group of women who typically have minimal response to second-line therapies. Clinicians are cautiously optimistic about TIL therapy but note several limitations to this technology including but not limited to cost and expertise. Numerous patient-related factors also exist including the ability for a patient to tolerate the conditioning regimens, the inherent delay in receiving the infusion due to T cell manufacturing and the ability to surgically harvest an appropriate sized tumor for T cell development. Despite these hurdles, TIL therapy has the potential to be a game-changer for certain women with advanced/metastatic cervical cancer, with clinicians and scientists eagerly awaiting long-term results.
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Tumor infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) therapy has shown efficacy in patients with melanoma, and researchers are now exploring its potential in cervical cancer.
More than 100 clinical trials of TIL and other forms of adoptive cellular therapy (ACT) are underway for cervical, ovarian, breast, and other solid tumors, noted Maartje Rohaan, MD, and colleagues at the Netherlands Cancer Institute in Amsterdam.
"Although most studies with ACT in solid tumors have been performed in melanoma, the role of ACT in the treatment of other tumor types is growing," the team wrote in a review of the topic in Virchows Archiv. "This illustrates the need for up-to-date knowledge on ACT in this quickly developing field."
New data on one TIL therapy being developed for cervical cancer (LN-145), presented at the 2019 ASCO annual meeting, led to a breakthrough therapy designation from the FDA in May 2019, according to a statement from Iovance Biotherapeutics, the manufacturer.
"There is a high unmet medical need for effective treatments for patients with recurrent, metastatic, or persistent cervical cancer," Amir Jazaeri, MD, of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, and colleagues wrote in their abstract presented at the meeting. "Most patients are young and survival rates are poor. Objective response rates for second-line therapies are between 4% and 14% for chemotherapy and recently approved immunotherapy. Adoptive cell transfer using TILs has demonstrated durable responses in some patients with recurrent cervical cancer, thus offering the potential for long-term disease control."
The open-label phase II clinical trial included 27 patients with advanced cervical cancer who had undergone at least one prior line of chemotherapy (average was 2.6). The tumors were surgically harvested and sent to a central facility to generate the LN-145 TIL product. The process included cultivating T cells and stimulating them with interleukin (IL)-2, which helped them to multiply and counteracted the immune-suppressive environment they had been in, created by the tumor. The re-invigorated T cells were cryopreserved and shipped back to the patients.
Patients underwent 1 week of preconditioning lympho-depletion before receiving a single infusion of LN-145, followed by up to six doses of IL-2. The study's primary endpoint was the objective response rate (ORR) as determined by Response Evaluation in Solid Tumors v1.1 criteria. Secondary endpoints included disease control rate and adverse events.
At a median 3.5 months of follow-up, the ORR was 44%, which included one complete response, nine partial responses, and two unconfirmed partial responses; the disease control rate was 89%. "The adverse event profile was generally consistent with the underlying advanced disease and the profile of the lymphodepletion and IL-2 regimens," the investigators said.
The LN-145 product also received the FDA's fast track designation earlier this year from the FDA for treating patients with recurrent, metastatic, or persistent cervical cancer who have progressed on or after chemotherapy. The agent is also being investigated for melanoma, head and neck cancer, and non-small cell lung cancer, the company said.
Additional Data, Obstacles to Overcome
Another phase II study of TIL therapy in patients with cervical cancer, published in Clinical Cancer Research, included 18 patients who had received prior platinum-based chemotherapy or chemoradiation; TIL cultures were taken from their tumor fragments and expanded with an IL-2 containing culture medium.
Patients were first treated with a daily non-myeloablative chemotherapy conditioning regimen for 5 days, and then a single intravenous infusion of TILs. After the infusion, aldesleukin was administered as an intravenous bolus every 8 hours to tolerance or a maximum of 15 doses. Tumor responses were determined using Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumor version 1.0.
An objective tumor response occurred in five patients (28%); three of these responses were partial and lasted approximately 3 months. However, two of the responses were complete and ongoing at 67 and 53 months after treatment. Though characterizing the results as "modest," the investigators said the study "demonstrates the feasibility of the approach and provides evidence of clinical activity including durable, complete tumor regression in some patients."
Despite the potential of TIL therapy, it is still limited by several tumor- and patient-related factors, Ammar Sukari, MD, of Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit, and colleagues explained in Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology. These include the following:
TIL requires an immunogenic tumor amenable for resection
The patient must be able to tolerate lympho-depletion as well as the delay associated with TIL preparation (the manufacture of LN-145 takes 22 days, for example)
The process is expensive, laborious, and relies on specialized laboratories
"Most importantly, this approach requires the presence of preexisting TIL in the tumor microenvironment," Sukari and colleagues said. "Although TILs have been cultured from several tumors, only those derived from melanoma specimens have displayed cytolytic activity. This likely explains why the success of TILs has been mostly restricted to melanoma. Furthermore, endogenous antitumor T cells are usually of lower affinities, due to thymic deletion of higher affinity cells."
Rohaan's group agreed: Although TILs have been successfully produced from renal, breast, cervical, and other tumors, "the antitumor reactivity of TIL obtained from these other solid tumors still remains a challenge," they said. "Further research is needed in this field in order to potentiate TIL treatment for other solid tumors."
Rohaan reported having no conflicts of interest; a co-author disclosed financial relationships with Bristol-Myers Squibb, Merck, Roche, NEON therapeutics, Pfizer, and Novartis.
Sukari reported having no conflicts of interest.
Virchows Archiv: European Journal of Pathology
Source Reference: Rohaan MW, et al "Adoptive cellular therapies: the current landscape" Virchows Arch 2019; 474: 449–461.
Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology
Source Reference: Sukari A, et al "Unleash the power of the mighty T cells-basis of adoptive cellular therapy" Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 2019; DOI:10.1016/j.critrevonc.2019.01.015.


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Kavita Braun and Carlos Becerra, both excelling in STEM-related studies at Palm Beach State College, were among 15 students to win $1,000 scholarships from the Ford Motor Company Fund at the STEM Summit co-hosted by the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities.
Kavita Braun tackled her essay from her perspective as an immigrant, a woman and a minority of West Indian heritage. Braun, who has a bachelor's degree in political science from Florida State University, works in the Florida Attorney General's office in West Palm Beach as administrative manager for the South Florida Bureau of the Consumer Protection Division. While she enjoys working for the government and for the betterment of people, she wants to do so as an engineer. Now completing her prerequisites at Palm Beach State, Braun will be transferring next term to Florida Atlantic University for her Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering.
Carlos Becerra came to Palm Beach County 10 years ago from Colombia. A graduate of Lake Worth Community High School, he holds down a full-time job with 3-D Medical Manufacturing while working toward an Associate in Arts degree, the first step toward his bachelor's and then master's degree in computer science. Becerra is a participant in the CAPTURE program, a state grant-funded partnership between PBSC and FAU to give students a seamless pathway from an associate degree to a bachelor's degree from FAU's College of Engineering and Computer Science.
With clear career goals that include working for a major industry player like IBM or Citrix, Becerra is most drawn to computer programming. "That's the main thing. I also like research and creating the programming itself. I like the science behind programming language," he says. Due to his work schedule and desire to keep on track, Becerra juggles classes on three PBSC campuses to fit his tight schedule and plans to graduate at the end of the 2016 summer term.


After a nice camp fire session yesterday we looked up our tents only to wake up to a thunderstorm. We wake up to a grey morning. Hopefully the weather won't go completely mad today since there are still some bands to watch!
These young musicians have an average age of 15! But they are playing like they're in their twenties. One of their big examples are the Arctic Monkeys and that's not hard to hear. They put down a convincing rock show with good songs that make you forget they are just teenagers. They still have to develop their own sound and looks but man do these boys have lots of potential!
Time to take it slow with this Swedish band. A bit too slow even because this show is just really boring. It all has the same tempo and same vocal lines. And therefore it sounds like they're playing the same song over and over again. So we're sitting down for a nice breakfast instead.
Conor J. O'Brien and his band have played a lot of shows the past year after their break through record Becoming a Jackal. His voice is clear and recognizable and the songs come out strong. But still it looks and sounds like extensive touring has gotten the best of them. They all look a bit quenched and so this show won't go down as legendary but as decent instead.
Bas Bron is all over the place as producer and musician. Figuring as the Neger des Heils for De Jeugd van Tegenwoordig and many other projects, but today he's playing with his funk rock band. It's a solid show with heavy rock tunes and some funky sides. At the same time that's kind of the problem. It all sounds too much as a copy of Prince's rock catalogue. The musicians are kind of overdoing it with their rock poses while Bron is more the modest nerd musician type. Only when he's playing his old big hit You've Got My Love it doesn't give you the idea you're listening to just any funk cover band.
When afro-beat band Jungle by Night take the stage the weather has cleared up and the sun is shining. Coincidence? Maybe. Slowly they turn the field into a tropical party like they do everywhere they're playing. Rapper Jiggy Djé is joining them but isn't adding a lot more than some crowd participation. His raps aren't anything special and the songs are good enough without them. But everyone's enjoying themselves and it results in a worthy swinging closer to this great festival.
I can only say "seeing is believing". This festival really is special. It has great vibes. Visitors and musicians are enjoying themselves a lot. You run into artists all the time who, like everyone else, are enjoying the bands, the food, the drinks but above all the great atmosphere. The small island of Vlieland truly is a magical place.


With its tall ceilings and colonial-like ambience, Ritual is one of the most atmospheric settings for a meal in town. The eclectic tapas menu features creative combinations like sun-dried tomato hummus, garlic and ginger sauté shrimp, and cured sausage fired in aguardente (distilled spirits). The global influence extends to main courses, including Thai curry, fresh gnocchi and salmon tataki.
Ritual hosts periodic nights of live jazz (from 10pm on Saturday).


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Walter Crane, född 15 augusti 1845 i Liverpool, död 14 mars 1915 i Horsham, West Sussex, var en brittisk konstnär och medlem i Arts and Crafts-rörelsen. Han skapade målningar, illustrationer, barnböcker, kakelmålningar och annan dekorativ konst.

Influenser

Walter Crane var målaren och miniatyrmålaren Thomas Cranes näst äldste son. Han fick tidigt influenser av prerafaeliterna och var en flitig student hos John Ruskin. Några målade pappersark som illustrerade Alfred Tennysons "Lady of Shalott" väckte uppskattning hos träsnidaren William James Linton, som Crane arbetade som lärling hos 1859-1862. Som träsnidare hade han möjlighet att studera de samtida arbeten som passerade honom, av bland andra Dante Gabriel Rossetti, John Everett Millais, Sir John Tenniel, Frederick Sandys och av mästarna inom den italienska renässansen, men han influerades mer av Parthenonskulpturerna på British Museum. Ett annat viktigt inslag i utvecklingen av hans talang var studierna av japanska skriftmålningar vars metoder han imiterade i en serie leksaksböcker, som skapade ett nytt mode.

Mellan 1871 och 1873 studerade han i Rom där han fick en djup insikt i antikens liv, sagor och konst

Målningar och illustrationer
1862 ställdes han illustration "The Lady of Shalott" ut på Royal Academy, men akademien avvisade hans övriga verk och efter öppnandet av Grosvenor Gallery 1877, vägrade han att sända bilder till Burlington House. 1864 började han att illustrera en serie barnböcker med sånger, i tre färger åt Edmund Evans. Han fick mer frihet i en serie som började med The Frog Prince (1874), som visade mycket av hans influenser från japansk konst och efter ett långt besök i Italien efter sitt giftermål 1871.

The Baby's Opera var en bok med barnsånger som planerades 1877 tillsammans med Evans. En tredje serie av barnböcker med samlingsnamnet Romance of the Three R's innehöll lektioner illustrerade i konst för lekskolan. I hans tidiga "Lady of Shalott" hade han visat sitt intresse för att harmonisera sina illustrationer med att själv skriva poemen till bilderna, eftersom han ansåg att enhetligheten mellan kalligrafens och dekoratörens konst var en av hemligheterna i skönheten i gamla böcker.

Han följde samma linje i The First of May: A Fairy Masque av hans vän, John Wise, där text och dekoration reproducerades i fotogravyr. Gåsflickeillustrationen i hans Household Stories from Grimm (1882) reproducerades i väv av William Morris.

Floras fest fick litografiska reproduktioner av Cranes teckningar med akvarell. Elsa Beskows Blomsterfesten i täppan har tydliga influenser från Floras fest. Han dekorerade i färg även The Wonder Book av Nathaniel Hawthorne och Margaret Delands Old Garden. 1894 samarbetade han med William Morris i siddekorationen av The Story of the Glittering Plain, som publicerades av Kelmscott Press och som gavs ut i 1600-talsstil i italienskt och tyskt träsnitt. Crane illustrerade även utgåvor av Edmund Spensers Faerie Queene och The Shepheard's Calendar.

Crane skrev och illustrerade tre poesiböcker, Queen Summer (1891), Renascence (1891) och The Sirens Three (1886).

Han illustrerade sagor som Blåskägg, Askungen och Ali Baba.

Socialism
Från tidigt 1880-tal, till en böjan under influenser av William Morris, var Crane nära sammankopplad med socialiströrelsen. Han gjorde lika mycket som Morris för att föra konsten ut i det dagliga livet hos alla klasser. Han ägnade mycket tid åt design av textilier, tapeter och dekoration av hus, men han använde även sin konst för att främja socialismens sak. Under lång tid bidrog han med teckningar varje vecka till de socialistiska tidningarna Justice, The Commonweal och The Clarion. Många av dessa gick under samlingsnamnet Teckningar för saken. Han lade ner mycket tid och energi på arbeten åt Art Workers Guild och Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society, som grundades av honom 1888.

Sena arbeten
Hans egna stafflibilder, med kontroversiella ämnen, bland annat "The Bridge of Life" (1884) och "The Mower" (1891), ställdes ut regelbundet på Grosvenor Gallery och senare på New Gallery. "Neptune's Horses" ställdes ut på New Gallery 1893.

Bland hans varierande arbeten finns gipsreliefer, kakel, glasmålningar, lerkrukor, tapeter och textildesign, allt enligt principen att konstnärens arbete är friast och bäst utan direkta referenser till naturen, och bör lära sig formgivningen genom att använda hjärtat. En utställning av hans arbeten hölls på Fine Art Societys gallerier på Bond Street 1891 och fördes till USA samma år av Crane själv. Efter det ställdes konsten ut i Tyskland, Österrike och Skandinavien. Dessa utställningar gav honom internationell uppmärksamhet.

Crane blev medlem i Water Colour Society 1888. Han var examinator vid Science and Art Department på South Kensington Museum (numera Victoria & Albert Museum, designchef på Manchester Municipal school (1894), konstchef på Reading College (1896) och under en kort tid 1898 rektor på Royal College of Art. Hans föreläsningar i Manchester publicerades med illustrerade teckningar som Designens grunder (1898) samt Linje och form (1900).

Referenser

 Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition

Externa länkar

 Crane på satirarkivet.se
 SurLaLune Fairy Tale Pages: Sagoillustrationer av Walter Crane
 Walter Crane: Artist & Socialist - Från Working Class Movement Librarys webbplats
 Walter Crane The Baby's Bouquet
 Motiv av Crane använt av de svenska ungsocialisterna i propagandaaffisch mot värnplikten på Stockholmskällan

Brittiska konstnärer
Födda 1845
Avlidna 1915
Män
Personer från Liverpool

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Events from 2021 in French Polynesia.

Incumbents

 President: Édouard Fritch
 President of the Assembly: Gaston Tong Sang

Events
Ongoing – COVID-19 pandemic in French Polynesia

 23 August – The French overseas department of French Polynesia closes all schools and tightens its lockdown for two weeks amid an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases caused by the Delta variant.
 3 September – French Polynesia extends their COVID-19 lockdown to September 20 following the deaths of more than 200 people over the past two weeks. The lockdown extension will apply to the Society Islands and the Tuamotus archipelago as the number of cases increase in those regions.

Deaths

 22 March – Tapeta Tetopata, 67, politician, member of the Assembly (since 2018)

References

2021 in French Polynesia
2020s in French Polynesia
Years of the 21st century in French Polynesia
French Polynesia


Nobody should be forced to endure the pain of a toxic workplace, yet millions of Americans labor day in and day out in harsh conditions that suppress their identities and submit them to countless injustices. Rather than wallowing away in a toxic workplace and allowing your hostile coworkers to eat you and your potential alive, you need to learn to recognize the signs of a toxic workplace, so you can effectively deal with it. Here are the signs of a toxic workplace, and the steps you'll need to take in order to ensure a healthier work environment and brighter future for your career.
One of the earliest warning signs that you're in the midst of a toxic workplace is that you're finding yourself cut out of communication. Many women and people of color in particular can attest to the fact that some workers will receive an email where a number of people are CC'd, only to respond to a selective number of the CC'd employees while leaving others in the dark. Frequently, toxic coworkers will try to silence you or shut you out of the conversation entirely because they don't want you to contribute ideas that may get you noticed instead of them. Women at work should be particularly aware of this problem, as countless women in the workplace are familiar with sexist cultures that mitigate their ability to communicate effectively with the rest of the team. According to the Harvard Business Review, women need to take special steps to ensure they're heard in the workplace rather than allowing toxicity to breed around them.((Harvard Business Review: Women at Work: Make Yourself Heard)) If you don't learn to speak out when you're getting cut out, you're going to keep wallowing in isolation forever.
Now that you've come to recognize the gravest warning signs of a toxic workplace, you need to start equipping yourself with the tools and skills needed to reshape your workplace culture. Learning how to negotiate is a great place to start, as you'll quickly discover that you need to argue your boss' ear off if you're going to get meaningful concessions from them. Effective communication is the first step in winning any negotiation – you need to clearly establish what you're seeking from the other party. If your boss is harassing you, for instance, or if your coworkers are making you feel uncomfortable and stealing your yogurt, you need to make it quite clear that things need to improve quickly and suddenly; or you're finding employment elsewhere. Never forget that you have rights and privileges which can't be revoked just because your boss wants to earn an extra penny or two. You'll want to speak with your coworkers to see if they're suffering from any issues related to workplace toxicity, too. You can make a much more effective case to your company's senior officials that change is sorely overdue if you have the backing of most of the workforce. Oftentimes, your boss may be entirely unaware of the fact that a number of his or her employees are struggling in the first place.
You need to become an advocate for change in the workplace by modeling the better way to do business. Rather than shunning your coworkers, for instance, you should be welcoming them with open arms and trying to instill a cheery nature in your office. Workers who don't get along with one another are unlikely to overcome workplace toxicity together, after all. Becoming an advocate for change also necessitates that you keep your ego in check – you may not want to admit it, but your coworkers may be egged on towards toxic behavior as a natural response to unfriendly behavior originating from your cubicle. Learn to calm down and take a glass of clean water to help you relax. It can be quite easy to accidentally offend a coworker without ever realizing it, for instance, so constant self-awareness and an ability to detect your own mistakes is an essential part of overcoming workplace toxicity for good. If you feel that you got off on the wrong foot with a certain coworker and are struggling to deal with their toxicity,((Harvard Business Review: 4 Ways to Deal With a Toxic Coworker)) you may need to talk to your boss or HR to mediate some conflict resolution between you two. It's also important for you to understand that workplace toxicity doesn't only happen in the workplace – a boss who demands you keep working and check your emails after you've clocked out for the day, for instance, is creating a toxic workplace that follows you into your home environment. Becoming an advocate for positive change means you must recognize the way that our work sometimes chases us out of the office and hounds us even in the midst of our personal lives.
In conclusion, you need to keep an open eye out for harassment in the workplace while also realizing you can contribute to the toxicity of others with unfriendly behavior. Once you've recognized workplace toxicity, talk to our fellow coworkers and establish a game plan for raising the issue with your boss. Finally, don't let yourself get burned out in fighting workplace toxicity – after all, treating yourself with respect and giving yourself some occasional time off is the only way to ensure you don't become toxic yourself.


captures the civil war like no other film before or since.
stephen crane's best work. audie murphy's best work. any serious student of the civil war will recognize this film as the best, most honest portrayal of civil war action. it captures the fear and dread of deadly combat like no other film on the american civil war. during bloody battles, if your side was not having a successful day, the usual way out was "skedaddling" or running like the wind. both sides did it. a great little film that all civil war students and scholars should own and view every so often.
To cast extras for the crowd scenes, John Huston sent his assistants into the pool halls of nearby Chico, CA, to find what he described as "grizzled SOBs" to avoid giving the film a Hollywood look.
Tom Wilson - the Loud Soldier: If the boys was a-standin' an' a-fightin', I'd stand an' fight too - I'd bet my boots on it, by Jiminy I would.
The movie was shot in California and the brown grass and oak trees are obviously not the tidewater area around the Rappahannock River in Virginia where this story is set.


Waka, Wellington, 2018 by Dylan Owen. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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Poetry with brownies — All poetry lovers are welcome to join us for coffee and brownies, to listen to people of colour share their work. Funny, creative and challenging!
Tākarokaro kid's event — Join us at the 'Toi Box' to play, learn and create while experiencing the real Treaty of Waitangi! Help us with a giant Banksy-style paste-up, design a Waitangi Day flag for us to fly, make badges, see 3D printing demos and finish with kai — our shout!
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Home Top News NZ: Key Players Ruled Out for All Whites
NZ: Key Players Ruled Out for All Whites
All Whites captain Winston Reid and forward Monty Patterson have been ruled out of the upcoming FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Fiji.
Reid, the West Ham United defender, was looking forward to playing in his first FIFA World Cup qualifiers for New Zealand but he limped off the field in the 18th minute in West Ham's 3-2 loss to Leicester City. He will miss the home and away qualifiers with an abductor injury.
Winston Reid and Monty Patterson ruled out of All Whites games
All Whites coach Anthony Hudson spoke with Reid briefly following the game and the news wasn't good. "It looks like he has injured his groin," said Hudson. "He will have a scan [Monday NZ time] but it looked bad." Hudson will not replace Reid in the squad and said in-form striker Chris Wood will captain the side in Reid's absence. It will be business as usual for the rest of the squad.
"It's disappointing he is not coming because he is such an important player, he is a great character and I know how much he was looking forward to being here. I hope he gets fit really soon. "But with regards to the team we have been in this position many times. We have got a good squad, we are adaptable and we have enough in this squad to deal with this tour so we are prepared for this."
Meanwhile, Patterson has failed to overcome a hamstring injury and will also miss the tour. The 20-year-old, who plays for Ipswich Town FC in the Championship, will be replaced by Alex Rufer in the squad for the OFC Stage Three Qualifiers. Rufer, an attacking midfielder from the Wellington Phoenix, has earned two international caps since making his debut for New Zealand back in 2015. Hudson said it was a shame for Patterson who has developed well in recent time, including scoring his maiden international goal against the USA last October.
"I'm gutted for Monty as I know he was really looking forward to meeting up with the national team," said Hudson. "But as always, it becomes an opportunity for someone else. I'm pleased to bring Alex in and he's a natural replacement in midfield. I'm well aware of his quality, and when I saw him train down at the Phoenix a while back he was one of the best players on the pitch.
Everyone I speak to down there tells me how well he's been doing too. So I'm glad he's back involved." The All Whites have begun assembling in Wellington for a four day training camp ahead of facing Fiji on 25 March in Lautoka. The return home leg is in Wellington on Tuesday 28 March.
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Crimson Topaz (male), Rockstone Village, Guyana.
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Crimson Topaz (Topaza pella) female On Kamuni Creek, near Arrowpoint Nature Resort.
Crimson Topaz (Topaza pella), Male, perched in the Iwokrama Rainforest, Guyana.
Crimson Topaz (Topaza pella), Female, perched in the Iwokrama Rainforest, Guyana.
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A product of Wake Forest University, Ike Opara was drafted by the San Jose Earthquakes in the 2010 MLS SuperDraft as a Generation adidas signing. After three years with the club, Sporting Kansas City acquired the defender ahead of the 2013 MLS season. Opara represented the United States at the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup and at the U-23 level during the 2012 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament. He then made his senior international debut in January 2018, anchoring the U.S. backline in a shutout effort against Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Opara enjoyed an excellent start to 2015, leading MLS through week six with 30 interceptions to go along with a team-high two goals and an MLS Player of the Month nomination in March. An Achilles injury in April drew an early end to his season. He made his return a year later, appearing in a 2-0 win at the New York Red Bulls on April 9, 2016, and contributed regularly to Sporting KC's back line in a strong bounce-back campaign.
Opara signed a new contract with Sporting KC ahead of 2017, setting the stage for his best season as a professional. As the 2017 MLS Defender of the Year, he anchored a miserly defense that conceded just 29 goals during the 2017 regular season, eight fewer than any other team. Opara recorded 30 starts and 2,700 minutes played, contributed to 11 shutouts and helped Sporting KC reach the MLS Cup Playoffs for the seventh straight year. He followed up with another strong campaign in 2018, logging a career-high 31 regular-season starts with three goals and two assists.
2018: MLS regular season: Started 31 matches, tallied three goals and two assists, and contributed to 11 shutouts (2,773 minutes played). Scored his first goal of the season in a 4-2 loss at Real Salt Lake on July 4. Assisted Daniel Salloi's late goal in a 3-2 loss to FC Dallas on July 28. Scored a goal in a 5-1 win over the San Jose Earthquakes on Sept. 15. Scored the equalizer in a 1-1 draw against Real Salt Lake on Sept. 30, marking his third straight appearance versus RSL with a goal. Assisted Roger Espinoza's goal in a 3-0 win at FC Dallas on Oct. 21. Open Cup: Started and played 90 minutes in a 3-2 victory over FC Dallas in the Round of 16 on June 16, assisting Daniel Salloi's first goal at the end of the first half. MLS Cup Playoffs: Started four matches and contributed to one shutout (360 minutes played). Started and played 90 minutes in a 1-1 conference semifinal first leg draw at Real Salt Lake on Nov. 4. Started and played 90 minutes in a 4-2 conference semifinal second-leg win over Real Salt Lake on Nov. 11. Started and played 90 minutes in a 0-0 conference championship first-leg draw at Portland on Nov. 25. Started and played 90 minutes in a 3-2 conference championship second-leg loss to Portland on Nov. 29.
2017: Was named the MLS Defender of the Year after a dominant campaign in central defense. Was named the club's Defender of the Year and Goal of the Year winner for his spectacular bicycle kick in a 2-1 win at LA Galaxy on June 24. MLS regular season: Made 30 starts, scored three goals and contributed to 11 shutouts (2700 minutes played). Scored his first goal of the season in stunning style, finding the back of the net from 35 yards in a 3-0 win over Minnesota United FC on June 3. Scored game-winning goal with a beautiful bicycle kick in a 2-1 victory over LA Galaxy on June 24. Scored a late goal in a 2-1 loss at Real Salt Lake on Oct. 22. Open Cup: Started and played 88 minutes in a 4-0 fourth-round win over Minnesota United FC on June 14, scoring the first goal of the night off a corner kick. Started and played all 90 minutes in a 2-0 win over Houston Dynamo on June 28, finding the back of the net with a header for the go-ahead goal. Started and played 105 minutes against FC Dallas on July 11. Started and played 120 minutes in a 5-4 penalty shootout victory over the San Jose Earthquakes following a 1-1 draw through regulation and extra time on Aug. 9. Started and played 90 minutes in a 2-1 Open Cup Final victory over the New York Red Bulls on Sept. 20. MLS Cup Playoffs: Started and played 120 minutes in a 1-0 extra-time loss at the Houston Dynamo in the Western Conference Knockout Round on Oct. 26.
2016: Started 19 of a career-high 28 appearances in all competitions, recording one goal and three assists. MLS regular season: Started 16 of a career-high 25 appearances, recording one goal and three assists while contributing to seven shutouts (1542 minutes played). Made his season debut as a first-half substitute in a 2-0 win over the New York Red Bulls on April 9, becoming the first MLS player in 2016 to reach eight interceptions, five clearances an four tackles -- doing so in just 49 minutes of action. Earned his first start in just over a year on April 13 against the Colorado Rapids. Recorded the first assist of his MLS career on Matt Besler's 91st-minute game-winner in a 3-2 victory over Columbus Crew SC on July 3. Scored his first goal of the season in a 3-1 win over New York City FC on July 10. Assisted Jacob Peterson's goal in a 3-0 win over Seattle Sounders FC on July 24. Came off the bench to record the game-winning assist in a 2-1 win at the San Jose Earthquakes on Sept. 24. Open Cup: Started one match (120 minutes played). Started and played 120 minutes in a 2-1 extra time win over Minnesota United FC on June 15. CONCACAF Champions League: Started and played 90 minutes in a 2-1 loss to Vancouver on Sept. 13. Started and played 90 minutes in a 3-1 win over Central FC on Oct. 19. MLS Cup Playoffs: Did not feature.
2015: MLS regular season: Earned six starts, scored two goals and contributed to three clean sheets (534 minutes played). Scored a goal in a 1-1 draw against the New York Red Bulls on March 8, playing his first MLS match since March 29, 2014. Earned MLS Team of the Week recognition in Week 1 (March 9). Earned MLS Team of the Week recognition in Week 3 (March 23). Scored the game-winning goal in a 1-0 win at New York City FC on March 28. Earned MLS Team of the Week recognition in Week 4 (March 30). Nominated for Etihad Airways MLS Player of the Month in March. Was named Soccer By Ives Player of the Month for March. Suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon injury in the final moments of a 0-0 draw against Real Salt Lake on April 11. MLS Cup Playoffs: Did not feature. Open Cup: Did not feature.
2014: MLS regular season: Made three appearances with two starts in the month of March. Opara tied MLS career highs for shots (3) and shots on goal (2) in Sporting KC's 1-0 win against his former club, the San Jose Earthquakes, on March 22. He suffered a chondral defect injury in his right ankle on March 29 at Colorado Rapids and missed the remainder of the season. MLS Playoffs: Did not feature. CCL: Played 90 minutes in both 2013-14 CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinal legs vs. Cruz Azul, contributing to a shutout in the first leg on March 12. Open Cup: Did not feature.
2013: Voted 2013 Sporting KC Newcomer of the Year. MLS: Appeared in 18 games with 16 starts. Tied his career-high with three goals scored. Made his Sporting KC debut with a start against New England Revolution on March 23. Scored the game-winning goal in stoppage time of Sporting KC's 2-1 win over Real Salt Lake on July 20. Opara scored the lone goal in the team's 1-0 win over the Columbus Crew on October 5. Playoffs: Appeared in three matches during MLS Cup Playoffs. Came off the bench for late-game substitutions in the second leg of the Conference Semfinal series vs. New England and both Conference Championship matches vs. Houston. CCL: Started three 2013-14 CONCACAF Champions League group stage matches, scoring the game-winning goal in a 2-0 win at Real Esteli on September 17. Open Cup: Started and played 90 minutes in a 1-0 loss to Orlando City SC on June 12.
INTERNATIONAL: Started all three matches at the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Egypt as the U.S. went 1-2, including a 4-1 win over Cameroon in the second game of the group stage … Invited to camp with the U.S. Olympic squad (U-23) from Feb. 19-29, 2012 … Scored a goal during camp in a friendly with FC Dallas on 2/22. U.S. MEN'S NATIONAL TEAM: Made his senior international debut on Jan. 28, 2018, starting and playing 90 minutes in a 0-0 draw against Bosnia and Herzegovina.
2012 (San Jose): Played in sixteen matches during MLS season for San Jose Earthquakes.
2011 (San Jose): Made 2011 season debut coming on as a substitute in 83rd minute at FCD on 3/26 … Came on as a substitute in the 70th minute vs. SEA on 4/2 … Made first start of the season, played 90 minutes and received a yellow card vs. TFC on 4/9 … Played 90 minutes at NY on 4/16 and at VAN on 5/11 … Came on as a substitute in 82nd minute vs. CLB on 5/14 … Played 90 minutes vs. NE on 5/21 and at CHI on 5/28 … Missed final 23 games of MLS season due to left foot injury … Exhibition: -- … Open Cup Qualifying: Played 120 minutes, scored the game-winning goal and received a yellow card at POR on 5/3 … Reserves: Played 90 minutes vs. VAN on 3/22 … Started and played 64 minutes vs. SEA on 4/3 … Played 90 minutes vs. CHV on 4/23.
2010 (San Jose): Picked third overall in the 2010 MLS SuperDraft … Appeared in 11 matches, starting 10 … Scored three goals … Made MLS debut and played 90 minutes vs. RSL on 3/27 … Scored first career goal, a game-winner, in 82nd minute at CHI on 4/10 … Scored his second goal in the win vs. NE on 4/17 … DNP vs. COL on 5/1 … DNP vs. NY on 5/8 or at NE on 5/15 due to right hamstring strain … DNP at SEA on 5/22 or vs. TFC on 5/29 … Came on as a substitute in the 76th minute vs. CLB on 6/2 … Played 90 minutes at FCD on 6/7 and at RSL on 6/25 … Played 90 minutes vs. DC on 7/3 and scored a goal … Played 90 minutes at PHI on 7/10, at LA on 7/22, and vs. SEA on 7/31 … DNP at COL on 8/7 through KC on 10/23 due to fractured left foot … Exhibition: Started and played 72 minutes vs. CHV on 6/12.
College: 2009: Appeared in 17 games during junior season at Wake Forest and scored three goals and notched two assists … Earned All-American honors from the NSCAA, Soccer America, College Soccer News and TopDrawerSoccer.com … Named semifinalist for M.A.C. Hermann Trophy … Selected as ACC Defensive Player of the Year for second straight year … Earned All-ACC first team accolades … Named preseason All-American by Soccer America and College Soccer News … Started both games at the adidas/IU Credit Union Classic, earning all-tournament honors … 2008: Started 22 games during 2008, scoring five goals … Named ACC Defensive Player of the Year … Earned All-ACC First Team honors … Finalist for the Soccer News Net College Player of the Year Award … Named first team All-American by TopDrawerSoccer.com and College Soccer News … Earned Second Team All-America honors from the NSCAA and Soccer America … 2007: Named Soccer America First Team All-Freshman … Selected to All-ACC Freshman Team … First collegiate goal was the tying mark in Wake's 1-1 draw with Elon on 10/2.
High School/Club: Four-year letterman at C.E. Jordan High School … Three time all-conference selection … All-Piedmont Athletic Conference Player of the Year as a junior … MVP in 2005 and 2006 … Defensive Player of the Year as a freshman … All-Region selection in 2005 … Helped C.E. Jordan High to four conference championships … Played his club soccer for Triangle FC Navy 88 … Member of the North Carolina ODP team in 2007 … Three-time selection to the Super Y ODP … Named an Elite 300 All-Star.
Personal: Parents are Emmanuel and Clarice … Stayed at Wake Forest after the 2010 SuperDraft in order to finish up his junior year of classes, shuffling back and forth to North Carolina for midterms.


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SPHINCTOUR
Sphinctour is a collection of live performances from 1996 and emphasizes material from Filth Pig and Psalm 69. Both albums are for fans who like their industrial laced with a huge dose of alternative metal, and the same goes for Sphinctour. It includes all the fan favourites; "Scarecrow, " "N.W.O.", "Crumb", and "Just One Fix," a.o. Sphinctour is an exciting document of Ministry's 1996 world tour.
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A collection of live performances from 1996; the Sphinctour emphasizes material from Filth Pig and the Psalm 69 albums
Limited edition of 1000 individually numbered copies on translucent red coloured vinyl
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Ministry, the band that made industrial music safe for headbangers. Thanks to Al Jourgensen and his colleagues, many metal fans started listening to industrial. The headbangers who were turned on to industrial by Jourgensen's outfit will certainly appreciate this double live album. This collection of live performances from 1996's Sphinctour, emphasizes material from Filth Pig and Psalm 69. Both albums are for fans who like their industrial laced with a huge dose of alternative metal, and the same goes for Sphinctour. It includes all the fan favourites; "Scarecrow, " "N.W.O.", "Crumb", and "Just One Fix," a.o. Sphinctour is an exciting document of Ministry's 1996 world tour.
Sphinctour is available as a limited edition of 1000 individually numbered copies on translucent red coloured vinyl, housed in a gatefold sleeve.
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West Basin Municipal Water District Presents El Segundo Desalination Plant to Manhattan Beach Leaders for the First Time
October 18, 2019 /in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Ed Joyce /The Beach Reporterby Kirsten Farmer
The final environmental study for a proposed desalination plant in El Segundo will soon be released, the City Council for adjacent Manhattan Beach learned this week, when it received its first formal presentation on the potential project — even though the West Basin Municipal Water District first pitched the plant in 2015.
If approved, the proposed $400 million plant — which would border El Porto, in El Segundo — would be capable of converting 20-to-60 million gallons of ocean water to drinkable water each day. District officials have said the plant is crucial to diversifying the region's water supply, in case there's an emergency or a severe drought.
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Water Authority Celebrates 75 Years With Member Agencies
October 18, 2019 /in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Ed Joyce /San Diego Union Tribuneby Julie Gallant
Ramona Municipal Water District is among the San Diego County Water Authority's 24 member agencies that are recognizing CWA's 75th anniversary.
Denise Vedder, director of public outreach and conservation for CWA, announced the milestone and thanked the RMWD representatives for their support at Oct. 8 district board meeting.
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New California Law Creates Path to Water and Wastewater Industry For Military Vets
October 18, 2019 /in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Ed Joyce /California Water News Dailyby California Water News Daily
State legislation allowing veterans to receive credit for their military education and experience when applying for civilian water and wastewater system operator certifications in California was recently signed.
San Diego County Water Authority and the Otay Water District co-sponsored Assembly Bill 1588 to increase the number of military veterans entering the civilian water and wastewater industry at a time when many Baby Boomers are retiring.
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California's Delta Smelt Are Dying: How This Affects The State's Water
October 18, 2019 /in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Ed Joyce /ABC 10by Tyler Horst
The Delta smelt is such a small and translucent fish that it often disappears from view when it swims in the turbid waters of its home in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.
However, it's also been disappearing from the Delta entirely.
"The Delta smelt has gone from being one of the more abundant fish in the Delta to being just on the verge of extinction today," Peter Moyle, an Emeritus Professor of Fish Biology at UC Davis, said.
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To Fund Water Plan, Colorado Lawmakers Want To Gamble On Sports Betting
October 18, 2019 /in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Ed Joyce /KRCCby Luke Runyon
Music is blaring and grills are firing up at a parking lot awash in navy blue and orange outside Empower Field at Mile High Stadium in Denver.
Todd Endicott of Lafayette stands outside an ambulance turned Broncos fan-mobile. He outfitted this orange and blue rig for tailgates. It's plastered in life-size stickers of players, and the football team's logos, vintage and new.
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Jamie Lenman Announced for 2000 Trees Festival
Ex-Reuben frontman Jamie Lenman has been announced as the first act for this years 2000 Trees Festival.
Leman will headline the second stage (The Cave) on Saturday 11th July.
More acts are expected to be announced on Wednesday 5th February.
2000 Trees Festival takes place at Upcote Farm, Gloucestershire from July 10th to 12th.
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What would you do if you found out your children did something terrible and irreparable? How far would you go to protect them? Oren Moverman brings Herman Koch's sensational worldwide bestselling novel THE DINNER to the big screen, starring Richard Gere, Rebecca Hall, Steve Coogan, Laura Linney and Chloe Sevigny. THE DINNER is a frighteningly dramatic and darkly comic story of contemporary families.


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Managing Bullying
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COALITION AGAINST BULLYING FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH SINGAPORE
Pink Shirt Day 2017
Participated in the Pink Shirt Day held by the German European School on 10 Nov 2017. Volunteers had greatly enjoyed themselves during the event.
Book Release @ Times Bookstore
Founder/President, Esther Ng at her book release held in Tampines' Times bookstore doing a parent's talk and book signing session.
FAERYVILLE Press Release
Founder/President, Esther Ng giving a speech at the press and media preview for the movie "FAERYVILLE"
"Breaking the Silence" video teams
Collaborated with the students and Tzang from RP to make an advocacy video titled "Breaking the Silence".
Workshop for Teachers & Parents
Founder/President, Esther Ng conducting a workshop on "What parents and teachers can do about bullying in schools".
Doing talk show
Esther and our young volunteers doing interview for Talking Point.
Group photo with SP students
Singapore Polytechnic students coming together to make a pledge as bystanders to stop bullying.
Students from ITE Central
Students from ITE Central College making a statement against bullying through art pieces.
Road Show @ RP
Volunteers showing off their art pieces at the Republic Polytechnic's roadshow!
Founded in 2005, we are a non-profit organisation set up to deal with the pervasive but often overlooked issue of bullying faced by our children and youth. Contrary to popular belief, bullying can happen even when there is no physical injury involved and it is all the more also not something that will go away automatically if we just ignore it. While the actual acts of bullying faced by a victim may indeed stop after a certain period of time, the trauma faced by victims of bullying often follow them well into their adulthood.
It is with this concern that we are driven to do what we do here at CABCY. As a result, we have dedicated our efforts over the last decade trying to continuously advocate for proper prevention and intervention approaches when it comes to dealing with bullying. We have also sought to improve and refine these approaches through collaborative research works both globally and locally in Singapore. To this end, every dollar donated to CABCY will go towards furthering our advocacy and research efforts in addressing the issue of bullying, thereby ensuring that we manage to provide a voice for the often voiceless victims of bullying.CABCY has been working towards promoting awareness to the harms of bullying in Singapore through research and activities such as conferences, symposium, talks and workshops.
To this end, CABCY has had the privilege of working with MOE schools and other like-minded organizations in jointly furthering this cause. CABCY is also actively involved in the works of international organizations like, The Foundation for Preventing Youth Violence (FPYV) and Against Child Abuse (Macau) Association (ACAM), because CABCY believes that bullying is by no means a problem isolated to Singapore and bullying has to be tackled on a global front if it is to be truly addressed.


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Lukáš Ohrádka (* 10. März 1984) ist ein slowakischer Grasskiläufer. Er startete im Jahr 2007 erstmals im Weltcup und nahm bisher an zwei Weltmeisterschaften teil.

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Ohrádka startete ab 1999 in FIS-Rennen sowie nationalen Meisterschaften und Studentenrennen im Alpinen Skisport. In FIS-Rennen fuhr er sechsmal unter die besten 30 und bei den Slowakischen Meisterschaften war sein bestes Resultat der 23. Platz (als neuntbester Slowake) im Slalom des Jahres 2000.

Ab 2007 nahm Ohrádka auch an internationalen Grasskirennen teil. Am 11. August bestritt er in Čenkovice sein erstes Weltcuprennen, konnte sich in diesem Riesenslalom aber nicht für den zweiten Durchgang qualifizieren. Seine ersten und in der Saison 2007 einzigen Weltcuppunkte gewann er am 1. September mit Platz 21 in der Super-Kombination von Forni di Sopra. Im Gesamtweltcup kam er damit punktegleich mit dem Schweizer Viktor Müller auf Rang 68. Bei der Weltmeisterschaft 2007 in Olešnice v Orlických horách konnte sich Ohrádka meist im Mittelfeld klassieren. Er belegte Platz 31 im Super-G, Rang 34 in der Super-Kombination und Rang 35 im Riesenslalom. Nur im Slalom kam er nicht ins Ziel. In der Saison 2008 fuhr Ohrádka in FIS-Rennen dreimal unter die schnellsten zehn und in Weltcuprennen dreimal unter die besten 20: Im Slalom von Marbachegg wurde er 17., im Riesenslalom von Čenkovice 15. und im Super-G von Dizin Siebenter – sein bisher bestes Weltcupresultat. Im Gesamtweltcup konnte er sich damit auf Rang 20 verbessern.

Nach einem Sturz in einer Abfahrt in Innerkrems im März 2009 fuhr Ohrádka bisher keine alpinen Skirennen mehr. Nachdem er während der folgenden zwei Jahre auch keine Grasskirennen bestritten hatte, startet er seit der Saison 2011 wieder im Grasski-Weltcup. Sein bestes Weltcupresultat in diesem Jahr war ein zehnter Platz in der Super-Kombination von San Sicario am 13. August. Bei der drei Wochen später ausgetragenen Weltmeisterschaft in Goldingen erreichte er Platz acht im Slalom sowie Rang 14 in der Super-Kombination. Im Riesenslalom wurde er im ersten Lauf nach einem Torfehler disqualifiziert und im Super-G verzichtete er auf einen Start. Im Gesamtweltcup belegte er 2011 den 18. Rang. In der Saison 2012 nahm Ohrádka nur an den jeweils zwei Weltcuprennen in Triest und Předklášteří teil. Neben einer Disqualifikation kam er dreimal knapp unter die besten 15, womit er im Gesamtweltcup den 45. Rang belegte.

Erfolge

Weltmeisterschaften
 Olešnice v Orlických horách 2007: 31. Super-G, 34. Super-Kombination, 35. Riesenslalom
 Goldingen 2011: 8. Slalom, 14. Super-Kombination

Weltcup
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What a cover! And what a great album too. I haven't had time to download the digital version yet, but the vinyl alone is fab.
Prompted by the MB thread and me bigging it up, I've been listening to it as well. Great compilation.
Very nice this, very understated and atmospheric.
Actually rather enjoyed this, to my suprise. Was interesting listening for the elder Squidling who is currently doing a history of pop/rock in his music classes - all the pastiches are very cleverly done.
Good to hear this again.


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Josiah Martin
The last Royal Governor of the Province of North Carolina was Lieutenant-Colonel Josiah Martin (1737 – 1786). He served as Governor from 1771–1775. When the Revolutionary War erupted, Martin was living in New York City, although he still claimed to rule in North Carolina.
Josiah Martin Image from the State Archive of NC
In the winter of 1777-1778, the British having occupied Philadelphia, General George Washington went into winter quarters 23 miles west of Philadelphia, at Valley Forge. It was a severe and difficult winter, and supplies were running out. "Now the value of Ocracoke became still more apparent," explained Samuel A'Court Ashe in his History of North Carolina: From 1584 to 1783.
In fact, Ocracoke Inlet had long been an important entry port for supplies to the Continental Army. Former Governor Josiah Martin penned the following Tory sentiments in January, 1778: "The contemptible Port of Ocracoke ... has become a great channel of supply to the Rebels....They have received through it and continued to receive at that inlet ... as lately as the beginning of this month very considerable importations of the necessaries they most want for the purpose of carrying on their Warfare from the Ports of France and the French West Indian Islands."
Our latest Ocracoke Newsletter is the story of the Electrification of Ocracoke Island. You can read it here: http://www.villagecraftsmen.com/news022117.htm.
Florence Shay
Ocracoke in the 1930s
Ocracoke Scrapbook
Nurses, Doctors, and Babies
The Electrification of Ocracoke
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Gaskins-O'Neal House
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